Emergency units search near Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Virginia Beach VA

Missing Person

Reported: 11/6/2025 10:17 AM

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, Virginia Beach, VA

Emergency services including Fireboat 1, drones, Coast Guard, and aircraft are searching near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel's third island. They are responding to a possible incident about a thousand yards east of the third island. The exact nature of the emergency is unclear, but rescue and search operations are ongoing.

Audio|Source: Virginia Beach EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

Communications with the Coast Guard.

00:05

Okay, rush that.

00:11

And Farboat 1.

00:13

Fireboat 1, man.

00:14

Fireboat 1, man.

00:18

So the folks on the braid are telling us about a thousand yards east of the milepost 8.

00:25

near 4th Street.

00:29

Copy that. The 8th mile marker will be the third island.

00:33

So about a thousand yards off of the third island, ocean side.

00:41

There.

00:47

Negative,

00:50

we don't have eyes on it yet.

00:55

Copy.

01:00

20P to respond.

01:03

Hold his party to (number withheld), Prodhugee Boulevard, GameStop.

01:08

(number withheld).

01:12

Thank you, man.

01:19

Coast Guard reports, I have an aircraft in the route.

01:21

They've asked anybody with a drone,

01:24

please use and advise.

01:25

They're still unsure the exact location, but according to the drift goes to the southeast from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Town.

01:32

I copy.

01:34

Yeah, Bobby's out there with a drone right now.

01:35

I don't know he's up yet.

01:38

Bobby, can you advise?

01:42

I'm about to launch.

01:43

I'm going to send you a link.

01:44

If you have access to a computer, you can stream what I'm seeing.

01:50

I copy. Are you with the police officers at the third aisle? Yeah.

01:55

No, I went through the pull off.

01:56

I went down further because I thought I saw something.

01:58

I'm going to launch right here and fly back towards them.

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